Character writing practise. Also accompanies OU Chinese beginners course.
Funtime Chinese 1 & 2
Accompanies Dragons in Europe ‘Primary School Chinese’ resource range
Trainchinese Chinese Writer:
Learning Chinese characters by playing.
Animal Car 10
Listening and reading skills This app has a series of animal flashcards that says the animal and has the Mandarin characters. It then has a choice of four animals and you hear the word and have to choose the animal
Mandarin Baby Flashcards
Listening and reading skills. This app has a choice of topics food, animals, vehicles, numbers, colours and clothing, furniture, body parts, objects, musical instruments. It has flashcards with Mandarin characters and the word in English and you hear the word being said
iLearn Chinese
Writing skills Teaches some essential Mandarin characters.
Kids Mandarin – Education
Listening and reading skills Has animals, body parts and colour available in their free app with more to umlock if you pay. Click on the animal to hear the word, see if in pinyin and Mandarin characters. Then play a matching card game.
Love Chinese! Education
Listening skills Has a choice of four colours, numbers and you hear it and see the Mandarin character. When you get it right you can choose a fun picture to add to a bigger picture. Great motivation for little kids.
Mandarin Flashcards
Listening and reading Random new vocabulary showing, pinyin, Mandarin characters and the word in English. You can play a guessing game with a flashcard without words.
Mandarin Language Guide –World Nomads
Great phrase books with mixture of pinyin and phonetically written phrases and Mandarin characters.
My Chinese Library App.
Useful phrasebook for travelling to China.
WCC Animal Match
Listening and reading skills Match up two pairs and the animal is said with Mandarin characters and pinyin and English. Very child friendly.
Feed Me! Education
Listening skills – Guess what the monster is thinking and feed him that object. Fun but easy.
Chinese Writer
Writing Mandarin characters. This is a fun way to learn to write the characters. The characters fall from above and you tap it and then write it, whilst it gives you the various definitions. A choice of speed and accuracy.
This app has a series of animal flashcards that says the animal and has the Mandarin characters. It then has a choice of four animals and you hear the word and have to choose the animal
Teaches some essential Mandarin characters.
Has animals, body parts and colour available in their free app with more to umlock if you pay. Click on the animal to hear the word, see if in pinyin and Mandarin characters. Then play a matching card game.
Has a choice of four colours, numbers and you hear it and see the Mandarin character. When you get it right you can choose a fun picture to add to a bigger picture. Great motivation for little kids.
Random new vocabulary showing, pinyin, Mandarin characters and the word in English. You can play a guessing game with a flashcard without words.
Match up two pairs and the animal is said with Mandarin characters and pinyin and English. Very child friendly.
This is a fun way to learn to write the characters. The characters fall from above and you tap it and then write it, whilst it gives you the various definitions. A choice of speed and accuracy.
Resources from SSAT Chinese Conference 2011
Reference:
SSAT Chinese Conference (2011). Top 10 Free ICT MFL Resources to engage Chinese students. Retrieved from http://prezi.com/wds8t3_tnvlk/top-10-free-ict-mfl-resources-to-engage-chinese-students/